Last Friday. I bought a rock (Grand Marais thompsonite in basalt) shaped like an alien head (a bit like an alien making this expression :blink:, in fact

), as well as a bunch of agates and various other gemstones, at the local rock shop. If I recall correctly, the alien rock had been for sale since the very first time I visited the store (at least two-and-a-half years); I had admired it all that time, and finally decided that I would buy it. It cost $80, and I don't regret a cent of what I spent.

When was the last time you worked very hard on something very frustrating that you knew was very important? (For me it was my GRE today.

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